Exercise: How would you define music?
To me, a piece of
music is another media in which to tell a story. However unlike the written or spoken word,
music conveys only the feelings and emotions of the story, not the facts. For example Beethoven’s Fur Elise (1810) was thought to be written about a lost love and
reflects the ‘ups and downs’ of relationships; much the same as Adele’s Rolling in the Deep (2010). Although these pieces are vastly different in
genres and style, both pieces, in their own way, reflect the raw emotion of the
subject.
LISTENING LOG:
RESEARCH POINT:
Record all of the music you hear in one week.
Whilst keeping a log
of all of the music I heard throughout one week, I was surprised to discover
that we are exposed to a wide range of genres.
Throughout the week I have noted hearing various genres of ‘world
music’, rock, jazz, pop classical and many others. Although we make a conscious choice to tune
into certain radio stations and listen to our favourite mp3’s, we encounter a
range of other genres through advertising, TV shows and films. Whilst out
shopping I noticed the styles of music that we hear in different shops and the
psychological effect this has on us. For
example, in young fashion stores, we are usually subjected to loud chart music,
whilst in department stores aimed at a broader age range, we often hear a more
commercially produced and non-offensive ‘modern classical’ style, often
referred to as ‘musac’. I also heard
this style of ‘musac’ whilst I was placed on hold during a phone call, which
suggests to me that this style of music is aimed to soothe and calm us in what
may be a stressful situation.
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